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Ubuntu Update for krb5 vulnerabilities USN-449-1

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-449-1

Insight

Insight

The krb5 telnet service did not appropriately verify user names. A remote attacker could log in as the root user by requesting a specially crafted user name. (CVE-2007-0956) The krb5 syslog library did not correctly verify the size of log messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-0957) The krb5 administration service was vulnerable to a double-free in the GSS RPC library. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2007-1216)

Affected Software

Affected Software

krb5 vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 5.10 , Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)